The alleged mastermind behind the brutal murder of a man at a petrol station in Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru, late last year, has been remanded from July 6 until Thursday (July 12) to facilitate investigations.
The one-week remand is to enable the police to complete the investigations into the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, said Johor Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Kamaluddin Kassim.
The 40-year-old suspect fled to Thailand after the incident.
He was arrested by the Thai authorities in late May.
He was extradited to Malaysia, arriving in the country on Thursday afternoon (July 5).
In the incident on December 17, last year, the victim, a 44-year-old man, died after being stabbed and mowed down by a white BMW car with four men in it.
The incident occurred when the victim and a foreign woman in her 20s, believed to be his wife, was using the air pump at the petrol station to inflate their car’s tyres when they were suddenly approached by the suspects who tried to drag the victim into their car, resulting in a struggle. The suspects ran over the victim’s body before fleeing the scene.